windows - Printing the unicode 'black flag' ⚑ (U+2691) character in cmd.exe -


on windows (10) box, why can print 'black flag' (u+2691) character in places not others (cmd.exe in particular)?

update proposed hints in comments (no answers yet): - [from kevin] cmd.exe unicode support dubious (unspecified, write off issue having strange cmd.exe behavior) - [from mark] process should write consoleapi instead of stdout. - [from mr. lister] change font.

i changed font in webstorm. using monospaced, , displayed flag properly. switched consolas, lucida sans, , courier new , worked in of them. looked @ the list of supported unicode chars lucida console , indeed, u+2691 not on there. webstorm might have fallback mechanism support character.

i ran conemu, , set base font lucida console, , alternative font dejavu sans, downloaded here. had adjust unicode range manually, setting 2013-3000. , voila, black flag showed. although part 1 (kindof) solved, still don't know going on fonts vs graphics , code pages here. think codepage red herring when dealing unicode... please, if has definitive, love proper answer. ;-)

note, have cmd.exe font set lucida console , current code page (utf-8) 65001. have tried other fonts...and chcp 1252. , yes, have read the spolsky post, excellent. think missing kevin said in comment (cmd.exe not have proper unicode support) , mark said bypassing stdout. explains cmd.exe love know more vs vs vs code vs np++...

i can see character fine in chrome:

http://graphemica.com/⚑ http://graphemica.com/%e2%9a%91

i can see fine in 1 of these:

  • office (word, outlook)
  • webstorm
  • visual studio

however, cannot see here (shows box):

  • notepad++
  • visual studio code
  • cmd.exe

if run in node:

console.log('\u2691:', '\u2691'); console.log('flag:', '⚑')

it dumps boxes (which when copy , paste in here fine).

then there other characters like: heavy check mark (u+2714)

http://graphemica.com/%e2%9c%94 http://graphemica.com/✔

which 'show up' in visual studio code (which not show flag) wont show in cmd.exe.

there appear lot of moving parts here: unicode, char codes, code pages, fonts, , lots more.

can me sort out? going on here?

  1. why character display in places , not in other?

  2. is there can show characters in cmd.exe?

ok, appears if @josefz got me closest answer, @josefz if cut , paste answer own, delete mine. ;-)

these answer looking (i still wish there more font fallback , font vs code page relationships):

it appears reason cannot u+2691 font not support it, not code page issue (at least in case).

apparently programs have backup fonts pseudographics.

  • webstorm not configured (i had no secondary font enabled) internally.

  • visual studio code did not have setup, when switched deja vu mono, displayed fine.

specifically, allow use black flag in cmd.exe console: 1. download deja vu mono font. 2. unzip , install (select all, right click, choose install) 3. follow these instructions make available in cmd.exe. 4. go preferences of cmd.exe , choose font.

alternatives: 1. use conemu , set pseudographics font deja vu mono. 2. don't forget manually set unicode range include range needed (2691, in case, set to: pseudographics: 2013-3000)

hope helps.


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